Thursday, October 21. 2010

Charles City Western 300 - this is the newly painted west hood area. In the past you saw a similarly restored west hood, but the locomotive has been turned. The body area is now nearly repainted, look closely and you will see Pete Galayda laboring away.

Roof Parts

John Faulhaber and Rich Witt are measuring carefully to produce new interior roof and framing parts for the Milwaukee Electric D 13 dump motor. Five new pieces were produced, and of course none of these could be made from anything close in a lumber dealer today.

Electric Supplies

Henry Vincent was sorting and inventorying lots of electrical and conduit parts recently acquired in brand new condition as a donation. Maybe next time we will not have to look for the ONE PART needed.

Steel Side Sill

Now for a quick look at the Lake Shore Electric 810 traction trailer. The new steel side sill has been coaxed into position with jacks and some muscle. Gerry Dettloff and George Clark are examining the fit and placement before welding begins.

Sparks Fly

Gerry has begun the welding process for the new side sill. Exciting stuff to watch. It was in place and cleaned up by the end of the day. Next steps - fit and place a new wood filler side sill, tie rods, and bolts.

Let There Be Light

We talked briefly in previous entries about wiring for the lighting circuits on the Sand Springs 68. Another full day on our backs under the car, with Victor Humphreys back from his vacation helping a LOT! Sometime after 3 PM we put up the pole and one of the lighting circuits worked perfectly - the first time since 1955 that trolley voltage coursed through the wires. There are two more circuits to complete, but here, Henry Vincent and Victor Humphreys examine the end running light, one of the lights in series with interior ceiling lights. All are glowing warmly.

Ten Years Ago

Ten years ago there was little use of digital cameras, and no BLOG such as this. But Gerry Dettloff passed on a print of what we doing then. In this image I am carefully hand painting lettering on our GATX Industrial Molasses tank car. And yes, younger and healthier, I spray painted the car also. Those were the days.

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Jeron G. about Early February woodshop activiesSun, 03-01-2015 16:46That was sprayed on the cab while
at East Troy. The locomotive is
TE-1. It was built for Toledo
Edison, and worked there its entire
life until [...]

Roger Kramer about Early February woodshop activiesSat, 02-28-2015 21:28Hello Bill I hope someone from
the Electric Car dept will respond
to your question. I believe one
of the members wrote that on the
engine. It [...]

Roger Kramer about Early February woodshop activiesSat, 02-28-2015 21:24Hello Mr. Fan. I was wondering if
you ever had conveyed your
interest to the team restoring the
plow? Not being involved but
knowing the members [...]

Raphael about Energy in the Steam DeptSat, 02-28-2015 18:16while 428's cab is still on the
ground, there could be some
premature painting and decals that
could go on the outside of the cab

Bill McCoy about Early February woodshop activiesSat, 02-28-2015 15:50The last picture in the woodsshop
report shows the Electroliner and a
yellow steeple cab with a CNS&M
monogram and spray painted number
454. Could [...]

CGW RR fan about Early February woodshop activiesFri, 02-27-2015 12:17The UP sticker could be for a truck
trailer.
The headlight is neat. However for
the accuracy nut, the plow
originally had a style of Pyle
[...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update January 2015Fri, 02-27-2015 11:44Mike,
Yep. We always like to think she
may have been operated by Casey
...... but we will never be sure.
Nigel

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update January 2015Fri, 02-27-2015 11:42Zach,
At this time we will not be
offering "Take the Throttle" on
1630 this year.
The issue is that, after not
running for a number of years, we
[...]

Zach Kaye about Steam Department Update January 2015Fri, 02-27-2015 09:34I am curious as to whether or not
you will be offering cab rides on
1630 this coming season. I
understand you did not offer any
last year, as it was [...]

Dave Zeman about Early February woodshop activiesWed, 02-25-2015 22:04Hey I saw on the home page on the
scroll ad for mother's day,is that
shelter in the picture new? It
looks as if it is right across the
mainline by the [...]